At it's regularly-scheduled meeting Tuesday night, the Kenosha School Board killed any idea of making the citizens' comments portion of its meetings more restrictive, and also ordered additional review for a new class that's meant to build trust between the police department and students.
The proposed restrictions on comments by the public were apparently borne out of frustration with a frequent speaker who regularly rails against certain district staff members, accusing them of corruption.
Administration proposed to limit topics to agenda items and suggested giving the board president more power to cut off speakers. Board members shelved the idea after getting a back-lash from the public.
Also Tuesday night, board members directed administration to get additional input from local attorneys and Police Chief Daniel Miskinis after concerns were expressed about aspects of a curriculum for a new seven-week course that was to be made available later this year at Bradford High School.
The class, developed by the police department, is meant to give students suggestions on how to act and what to say if pulled over. It also provides a glimpse of what officers do on a regular basis. But the proposed curriculum also delved a bit into the area of constitutional law. One long-time Kenosha attorney told WGTD News over the weekend that the syllabus should include a stronger emphasis on individual rights, and questioned whether police officers would be the best people to teach those lessons.
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